The fear of "falling behind" wasn’t built on child development - it was built on logistics and systems. In this episode, we dismantle where that fear came from, how it still shapes us today, and what real growth actually looks like.
In this episode, I’m unpacking one of the biggest questions home educating families face: how do I know this whole thing is actually working?
For a lot of my parenting life, I assumed that if I focused on my kids' academics they’d be ready for adulthood when the time came. But the deeper I’ve gone into the research, the more I’ve realised how flawed that assumption is. Here’s what I wish someone had told me years ago.
Today, we’re going to tackle this fear head-on, through hearing directly from the only people who can truly answer the resentment question: grown homeschoolers and unschoolers themselves.
I was sent an email recently that I want to talk about here. It was based around the kinds of questions this parent gets from her mother: "How will your child cope in life if they aren't made to do things they don't want? If...
The fear of "falling behind" wasn’t built on child development - it was built on logistics and systems. In this episode, we dismantle where that fear came from, how it still shapes us today, and what real growth actually looks like.
I want to talk a bit more about that phrase we all know and - *cough* - love: falling behind. About a year ago, I went into detail (in episode 22 of the podcast) about how unhelpful that concept really is, and how we can think differently about where our...
You’ve stepped back, slowed down, let go of structure, but deschooling still feels hard. Why? In this episode, I explore the nervous system layer most parents miss…and how to shift from understanding deschooling to actually rewiring for it.
Most parents who’ve stepped into a life without school will tell you they understand deschooling. They’ve read about it. Thought about it. Reflected on their own childhood, and the kinds of beliefs they want to let go of. They’ve started questioning their ideas about learning, productivity, success,...
Why does your child resist anything that feels like learning, even when it’s something they’d probably enjoy? This episode unpacks what’s really going on beneath that resistance, and how to respond in a way that protects connection *and* builds capability.
In this episode, I’m unpacking one of the biggest questions home educating families face: how do I know this whole thing is actually working?
